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The Front Market and Festival
August 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Introducing The Front — a creative community market and festival, homegrown in Austin, Texas. 
On August 20, 21 and 22, we’re taking over Fair Market and Cheer Up Charlies for a weekend of pop-up shops and performances, centering emerging creatives, artists, designers and small business owners from Texas.
We’re 100% open-air and outdoors. Human-friendly. Free or by donation. And open to all.
— WHAT TO EXPECT —
Produced by Future Front Texas and powered by you, The Front exists to put women and queer creators at the front of our lineups.
During the day, you can join us from 11 AM and 5 PM CT for:
✰ An open-air and outdoor 100-vendor marketplace
✰ All-day DJ sessions
✰ All-day craft demonstrations
✰ All-day art installations
✰ All-day DJ sessions
✰ All-day craft demonstrations
✰ All-day art installations
At night, you can come through for:
✰ An outdoor film showcase featuring shorts and features from Texas directors
✰ An outdoor music showcase featuring up-and-coming talent from Texas
✰ An outdoor music showcase featuring up-and-coming talent from Texas
The Front’s daytime events are 100% free. Nighttime events are $15. Masks and mutual respect required.
— HOW TO ATTEND —
To attend free daytime events, RSVP now, so you can get in and out with ease.
You can also grab $15 presale tickets for the festival’s nighttime music and film showcases on August 20 and 21.
When you RSVP, you’ll have the option to donate to our work. Every pledge made with your ticket will directly benefit the administration of our Creative Future of Texas Fund, a micro-grants program for emerging creatives and small business owners, as well as our Community Leaders of Color Mental Health Fund, a pro-bono therapy program for activists working toward racial justice in Texas.
— OUR DAILY SCHEDULES AND LINEUPS —
Find daily schedules and lineups at thefrontmarket.com and thefrontfest.com.
— BEHIND THE FRONT MARKET AND FESTIVAL —
The Front Market and Festival has emerged from what was formerly known as BABES FEST and craftHER Market—two spaces that were designed around sustaining communities that care about gender equity and supporting homegrown businesses, creatives and organizations.
Active from 2016 to 2020, BABES FEST and craftHER Market saw more than 30,000 guests and supported more than 2000 creatives and business owners.
Now, after a year of shutdowns, pivots and existential realness, The Front Market and Festival will carry that work into the future.
We will continue platforming emerging talent across the state of Texas. We will continue to work cross-collaboratively with partners to host workshops, build community and provide opportunities to creatives and small business owners year-round. This year’s partners will be announced shortly.
As our first flagship production, we are so grateful for your support. If you are interested in becoming a partner this year, please email us at hello@futurefronttexas.org.
If you are interested in becoming a partner this year, please email us at hello@futurefronttexas.org.— MEET THE PRODUCERS, FUTURE FRONT TEXAS —
Future Front Texas is a 501c3 nonprofit, homegrown in Austin, Texas. We started as a grassroots meet-up series called Boss Babes ATX (bbatx) in 2015.
We are run by a four-person staff and a network of amazing volunteers, each committed to showing up for the spaces we want to see in the world.
Alongside our members, collaborators and partners, we nurture creativity, community-building and professional resilience in Texas. We cultivate spaces where women and queer creatives, founders and leaders can grow together.
Currently, we produce The Front Festival and Market, a year-round learning club and conference, as well as multiple community-care initiatives. You’re invited to join us, of course. You can learn more about how it all works, our team and what we do: futurefronttexas.org
